I am aware of the fact that I didn't update my blog for the last month. Not that nothing happened last month...no, September was actually great.There was the magic weekend of the 10th and 11th. The weekend Cork wrote history, by breaking many records.
First there was the Ceili Mor dance record....exactly 8371 people danced "the Siege at Ennis" in the streets of Cork. I was one of them. Michael Flatley himself was flewn in by helicopter to lead the whole event.
After rehearsing for almost half an hour, I more or less got the idea of the dance and felt ready to do the real thing. Standing as one of the four in my row, we where all set to meet our opposite dancers. It's hard to explain but the idea is that the four dancers of the same row stay together and actually meet the row faced opposite to them. As your row always shuffles up, you actually end up dancing with half Cork. It was great fun indeed.
First there was the Ceili Mor dance record....exactly 8371 people danced "the Siege at Ennis" in the streets of Cork. I was one of them. Michael Flatley himself was flewn in by helicopter to lead the whole event.
After rehearsing for almost half an hour, I more or less got the idea of the dance and felt ready to do the real thing. Standing as one of the four in my row, we where all set to meet our opposite dancers. It's hard to explain but the idea is that the four dancers of the same row stay together and actually meet the row faced opposite to them. As your row always shuffles up, you actually end up dancing with half Cork. It was great fun indeed.
We did beat the record indeed. Dublin, Ohio is not longer...The Rebels once again proved why they live in the Centre of the Universe.....next year another attempt...don't want to miss that...so I guess I'll stay a bit longer.
